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• Fluorescent fingerprint tag aims to increase IDs from 'hidden' prints on bullets and knives
• Rationale for the next-generation particle collider developed
• Revolutionary instrument delivers a sharper universe to astronomers
• New catalyst could cut cost of making hydrogen fuel
• Names for new Pluto moons accepted
• Comet ISON brings holiday fireworks
• New hardware design protects data in the cloud
• Solving electron transfer
• Dark energy survey set to seek out supernovae
• Solar dynamic loops reveal a simultaneous explosion and implosion, plus evidence for magnetic reconnection
• New system to harness energy from ocean currents
• Cluster spacecraft detects elusive space wind

Fluorescent fingerprint tag aims to increase IDs from 'hidden' prints on bullets and knives Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:29 PM PDT Neutron scattering at ILL and ISIS delves inside a new crime scene forensics technique. The research is to address the fact that only 10 percent of fingerprints taken from crime scenes yield identifications that are usable in court.

Rationale for the next-generation particle collider developed Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:32 PM PDT A new theory provides the rationale for the next-generation particle accelerator -- the International Linear Collider. The discovery of the Higgs boson at the CERN Large Hadron Collider in Geneva Switzerland this past year prompted particle physicists to look ahead to the development of the ILC, an electron-positron collider designed to measure in detail all the properties of the newly discovered Higgs particle.

Revolutionary instrument delivers a sharper universe to astronomers Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:32 PM PDT A unique new instrument at Gemini South in Chile takes the removal of atmospheric distortions (using adaptive optics technology) to a new level. Today's release of seven ultrasharp, large-field images from the instrument's first science observations demonstrate its remarkable discovery potential.

New catalyst could cut cost of making hydrogen fuel Posted: 02 Jul 2013 12:10 PM PDT A new discovery may represent a significant advance in the quest to create a "hydrogen economy" that would use this abundant element to store and transfer energy.

Names for new Pluto moons accepted Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:31 AM PDT The International Astronomical Union has officially recognized the names Kerberos and Styx for the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto respectively (formerly known as P4 and P5). These names were backed by voters in a recently held popular contest, aimed at allowing the public to suggest names for the two recently discovered moons of the most famous dwarf planet in the Solar System.

Comet ISON brings holiday fireworks Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT Superficially resembling a skyrocket, Comet ISON is hurtling toward the Sun at 48,000 miles per hour. In May 2013, the comet was 403 million miles from Earth, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

New hardware design protects data in the cloud Posted: 02 Jul 2013 08:34 AM PDT A new hardware design makes data encryption more secure by disguising cloud servers' memory-access patterns.

Solving electron transfer Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:08 AM PDT Scientists have shown how a solvent can interfere with electron transfer by using unprecedented time resolution in ultrafast fluorescence spectroscopy.

Dark energy survey set to seek out supernovae Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:05 AM PDT The largest ever search for supernovae – exploding stars up to 10 billion times brighter than the Sun – is beginning this August. For the next five years, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) will look for these cosmic explosions, which can be used to measure precisely the growth of the universe over time.

Solar dynamic loops reveal a simultaneous explosion and implosion, plus evidence for magnetic reconnection Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:05 AM PDT Movies of giant loops projecting from the surface of the Sun are giving new insights into the complex mechanisms that drive solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). These eruptions release vast energy and electrically charged particles that can affect the Earth through space weather. Imagery shows the dynamics of loops before, during and after eruptions.

New system to harness energy from ocean currents Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:03 AM PDT Researchers have created and are testing a prototype of a device to harness energy from ocean currents.

Cluster spacecraft detects elusive space wind Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:01 AM PDT A new study provides the first conclusive proof of the existence of a space wind first proposed theoretically over 20 years ago. By analysing data from the European Space Agency's Cluster spacecraft, researchers detected this plasmaspheric wind, so-called because it contributes to the loss of material from the plasmasphere, a donut-shaped region extending above the Earth's atmosphere.

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